Su Yi quickly got his thoughts in order.

Xiao Tianque must have learned of the Su Family’s plans before the battle at the provincial governor’s estate. At the time, word of the massacre at the Western Mountain’s Tea Party had already started spreading throughout the Great Zhou.

Except that, at the time, only a tiny handful knew that Su Yi was the one truly behind it all.

“The Cloud-Scraping King, Shi Lanshan, is one of the non-Zhou kings who emerged from the Su Family. He’s stationed within the White Province, and his position is extremely prestigious. They only dared to oust and imprison the family head due to his support,” sighed Xie Yuanshan, anxiety written all over his face.

“So that’s how it is.” Su Yi finally understood.

Simply put, the grand elder of the Lanling Xiao Family, Xiao Zhongying, had colluded with Cloud-Scraping King Shi Lanshan to seize the family head’s authority. The trigger for the entire incident was Xiao Tianque and Xiao Hongqiu’s decision to go to the Imperatorial Province to rescue him.

When he realized this, Su Yi was rather moved.

Saving Xiao Tianque had been as easy as turning over his hand. Who’d have thought that, upon learning that the Su Family was after him, Xiao Tianque would nonetheless rush to his aid...